Colorado Parks program offers $11 million in grants to private landowners to protect wildlife

The 2019 Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program is open and the agency is accepting proposals for grants through May 31. Approximately $11 million in funding is available for the 2019 cycle. Colorado Parks and Wildlife/Courtesy Photo

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has nearly $11 million in grant funding available or private landowners who want to protect wildlife habitats on their property, and to provide wildlife-related recreational access to the public.

The Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program is a statewide program, incentive-based and voluntary that uses conservation easements, access easements and fee title purchases to reach strategic wildlife conservation goals and/or public access goals.

To apply, a landowner or a designee, must complete a project proposal that addresses one or more of the following CPW priorities:

Public access for hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing

Big-game winter range and migration corridors

Protecting habitats for species of concern as identified in CPW statewide action plan

Riparian areas and wetlands

Landscape-scale parcels and parcels that provide connectivity to conserved lands